Court awards N72bn against Ecobank in favour of Honeywell
The Federal High Court has delivered a judgment in favor of Honeywell Flour Mills Plc in a prolonged suit against Ecobank Nigeria, granting all four reliefs amounting to the sum of N72.2 billion. According to details of the court proceedings, Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos in his ruling on Tuesday noted that “ The complainant was denied the use of finances in his account grounded on the partner parte order granted in favour of the defendant. ” Honeywell had in 2018 filed a suit claiming the sum of N72 billion in damages from the bank for reputational losses suffered as a result of the asset– induratingex-parte order. The claims include foreign exchange devaluation loss, interest on unutilised cash balance, loss of profit,…